Chapter 471: Five Hundred and Thirty Thousand Stones
"Obey the orders of Mamoru Hizen." Shigi Shigegen knelt on the ground and said. People are knives and I am fish and meat, and the family and the people are in the hands of the other party, even if he doesn't agree, it is estimated that the other party will still deal with it in the same way. It's good to be able to talk to you about it now.
Again, although he was subject to a certain degree of restraint after becoming someone else's retainer, he was also given a new territory, and he could finally leave the bay where the fields were limited.
"In that case, then please ask Shiki-sama to accept the position of the bow of the family's second standing naval army, and His Royal Highness Shiki-jinjing, the sister-in-law of Shiki-sama, will receive the position of the bow of the family's third standing naval army."
"I am willing to die for the Lord!" Shiki Shigexian immediately thanked him.
After arranging the affairs of the Shiki family, Masara turned to look at the head of the Amakusa family, who had been kneeling on the ground and bowing his head silently.
"Shang Da, are you willing to surrender to your family?" Masarashi said with a smile.
"Hizen Guardian is really worthy of being known as the 'Hizen Eagle' who is both wise and brave, and he can be defeated under the hands of Hizen Guardian, and he is convinced, but his subordinates have sworn allegiance to the Otomo family, please put Hizen Guardian in the next place, and promise not to oppose the Luo family in Shimabara Bay and Amakusa Beach in the future." Amakusa said.
"Oh? It turned out to be a retainer of the Otomo family? But why didn't you participate in the intrusion on your own family this time? Masarashi said with a little surprise. He is still really only now aware that the Amakusa family has secretly taken refuge in the Otomo family. It is important to know that the current power of the Otomo family in Higo is almost mainly concentrated in the central and northern parts of Higo. And the Amakusa Islands are already in the southern part of Higo, and they are still at sea.
What makes Masarashi feel even more strange is that since the Amakusa family has secretly taken refuge in the Otomo family. Then why did the Otomo family organize this border intrusion operation against the Luo family. But without the participation of the Amakusa family? Could it be that the Amakusa family has another mission?
Pity. Regarding Masahiro's question, Amakusa Shangzhong chose to remain silent.
"Very good, the loyalty of the Shang Da to the Otomo family really makes me admire. In that case, then let it be done for you, come, pull down, cut down. Masarashi said with a smile.
"Huh? My lord, please spare the lives of the great people! Shiki Shigegen immediately pleaded.
And Amakusa Shoshige himself was also frightened by Masayo's decision and was stupid on the spot. He is indeed very stupid and naïve. Knowing that the Luo family and the Otomo family are in a state of hostility. Actually admitting that he was a retainer of the Otomo family, and even begging Masarashi to release him, isn't it naïve or what?
"Ladies and gentlemen, for the enemies of this family, it is absolutely impossible to tolerate it, but for the retainers of this family, the lord of this country has always been gracious, Chongxian, your request is really embarrassing for the lord of this country!" Masashi said with a sad face.
"Your Excellency, Your Majesty is willing to fully cooperate with the people and the relocation of the family. Afterwards, the subordinates were willing to give up the position of the governor of the family to the Taro of the family, and the subordinates have lived in seclusion and ignored affairs since then. Shigi Shigexian gritted his teeth and said.
"Such an important decision. Have you decided? Masashi said solemnly. But in his heart, he was happy, on the surface, Shiki Chongxian was subservient to the Luo family, but after all, this time he framed the Kusakami family under the condition of being coerced, with such a mentality, it is inevitable that he will do something bad for the Luo family in the future, so now Shiki Chongxian has made such a decision, which is conducive to the rule of the Luo family.
"Your Majesty's mind has been decided, please fulfill it." Shiki Shigestring said firmly.
"Hey! In that case, let the Lord spare his life for thy sake. But capital sins can be forgiven, and living sins are unforgivable. Reduced to slavery, follow the slave team to build the road before fat, and pull it down. Masahiro decided later. As for the secret that Amakusa Naoshige didn't say, Masara had a way to let him tell it.
Amakusa Shangzhong originally wanted to beg for mercy, but was quickly pulled down by two samurai.
"What is your choice? Do you choose the same fate as your father, or do you choose to surrender to your family?" After Amakusa was escorted down, Masara looked at Amakusa Shoshige's sister-in-law, Amakusa Zhen, and asked.
"Humph!" At this time, the weeds in Amakusa Town's mouth had been taken out, but for Masayo's solicitation, Amakusa Town Snorted coldly and didn't say anything more.
Is this family so individual? After being rejected again, Masara couldn't help but feel that the Amakusa family was a little interesting.
"In that case, then, like your father, join the ranks of the family's slaves and work for ten years." After finishing speaking, Masara asked people to take Amakusa Zhenxin down.
"What about you?"
"The villain is willing to surrender." Just when Masato thought that he would meet another hard bone, he didn't expect that this second son of Amakusa, who was still heavy, Amakusa Yamatomori, would take the initiative to surrender.
"Good, good!" After seeing that Amakusa Yamato Mamoru took the initiative to surrender, Masahiro couldn't help but appreciate. In fact, if none of the three members of the Amakusa family were willing to surrender, Masarashi would have no choice but to storm the Amakusa family's Hondo Castle and Kutama Castle on Shimo-Amakusa Island. Now with the submission and cooperation of Amakusa Yamatomori, the Luo family can secretly accept the territory of the Amakusa family according to the original plan.
"After cooperating with the family to take full control of Amakusa Island, you will inherit the family governor of the Amakusa family." Zhengliang said later.
"Your Majesty is willing to serve the Lord." Amakusa Yamato Mamoru immediately said happily. He still doesn't know what to do, and Zhengliang has no intention of taking him as a retainer at all. A young man who can abandon his father and brother in a blink of an eye really makes Zhengliang a little jealous, so Zhengliang plans to make him the head of a small village in the Luo family's territory under the control of the Luo family's law.
After letting everyone go down, in the council hall of Otsuura Castle, only Masahiro and the military advisor Kakuma Ishizong remained. As for the small surnames Nabeshima Naoshige and Honda Masanobu, they have not recovered from the symptoms of seasickness at this time.
"After this battle, Amakusa Beach and Shimabara Bay will be the lord's world." The military advisor next to him, Kakuma Ishizong, said with a smile. After a few days of acclimatization, he finally got used to sailing at sea and no longer had symptoms of seasickness.
"No, Ishizong, don't forget that Satsuma borders the Yatsushiro Sea, and there, at the junction of Amakusa Beach and Yatsushiro Sea, there is also a Nagashima family that controls Nagashima." Masara shook his head and said.
"Is the lord intending?" Kakukuma Ishizong immediately asked.
"No, although Nagashima is separated from the land, hanging alone at the confluence of the Yatsushiro Sea and Amakusa Beach, and to the west of it is Kutama Castle, which is about to fall into the island of Amakusa Island, which is under the control of the Honka, but to the east is the Izumi Shimazu family who have already surrendered to the Shimazu family, and besides, Nagashima belongs to the Izumi Prefecture of Satsuma, and it is not suitable for the Honkin family to enter Satsuma too early, so as not to cause the Shimazu family and the Higo Sagara family, which is separated by a mountain, to unite against the Honka." This is also the reason why Masarashi wants to secretly control Amakusa Island. Zhengliang didn't want the Luo family to become the enemy of all the powerful around him all at once.
"The lord is wise!" Kakukuma Ishizong praised.
In the next half month, with the cooperation of the subservient wealthy clans of Higo Amakusa County, all the lords of the island moved to Hizen to resettle, and this process consumed a lot of food, so that Togo Heiji, who was in charge of internal affairs, found Masarashi and complained several times.
After occupying the entire Amakusa County and the small half of Uto County, plus the Tamina County that the Luo family had already secretly controlled, the Luo family actually controlled the land of two and a half counties in Higo, and the total income also increased to about 530,000 koku, and the population increased by more than 2,000 people.
The most important thing is that since the population of this area is dominated by fishermen and even pirates, it has suddenly provided a lot of high-quality soldiers for the Luo family's expanding army.
In the battle with the Nawa family and other naval armies, the Luo family not only directly cracked the conspiracy against the Luo family organized by the Otomo family, but also allowed the Luo family to take the opportunity to wipe out almost all the wealthy clans along the coast of Higo Island Hara Bay in one fell swoop. The Roche family also got a lot of ships as a result.
Due to the need to defend Shimabara Bay, Amakusa Beach, and the waters of Yatsushiro Sea, which had more complex terrain, Masarashi allocated all the ships captured this time to the 3rd Standing Naval Force. After obtaining these ships, the Third Standing Naval Force already had 62 ships, and 165 ships were already early. A total of 227 vessels.
The scale of such a naval army is already the largest naval force in Amakusa Beach and Yatsushiro Sea. Even the Sagara family, which occupies the coast of Yashiro, has less than 100 ships, and the Shimazu family, which has just unified the Satsuma Peninsula, has only more than 100 ships.
In addition, Masashi also increased the number of the Third Water Army to 600 people. In this way, the total number of the three standing naval forces is 1,100 people, and the total number of standing troops of the Luo family has reached 6,200 people.
After moving the new people of Higo Amakusa and Uyama Prefecture to Hishiro, Masarashi readjusted the location of some of his teams.
The 3rd Standing Navy Brigade under the command of Tao Masato, Murakami Takeyoshi, Oyano Tanego, Sumoto Jindori, and Shiki Town, with its headquarters in Hara Castle in Minamihizen Highland County, will be divided into several teams stationed in Oyano Castle in Uto Prefecture, Sumoto Castle in Amakusa County, Shiki Castle, and Kutama Castle, and the main protection areas will be the Ariake Sea, Shimabara Bay, Tachibana Bay, Amakusa Sea, and Yatsushiro Sea, to guard against threats from the sea, especially the maritime threats from the Higo clans across Shimabara Bay, as well as the Yatsushiro Sea and Satsuma Sea.
The 1st Standing Ashigaru Brigade under the command of Tankane, Tetsunosuke, and Asakura Sodra was stationed from Hinoe Castle and Hara Castle on the Shimabara Peninsula to Tahei Castle and Triangle Port in Uto Prefecture, Higo. The military head Fu Luo Zhengxiu. Assist the navy in guarding against threats from the wealthy clans of Higo Shimahara Bay, as well as the wealthy clans along the coast of the Yatsushiro Sea and Satsuma Seas.
After the redeployment of the various teams, Masato began to take revenge on the wealthy clans of Higo.
(Today's first shift, please look forward to the second shift, and ask for a monthly pass.) (To be continued......)